Thursday, October 17

 
‘Tear factor’ discovered in onions

You'll just have to find another reason to have a good cry in public, now that Japanese food scientists have discovered the enzyme in onions that generate tears. The tearless onion, they say, is just a few years away. No more eating bread, holding a piece of raw potato in your mouth, freezing onions or washing them -- a few of the ways people say they can combat the sniffles.
posted by Unknown 8:53 AM